Ritsuko
Akagi was lucky she didn't have anything to drink in the last hour.

And
Misato Katsuragi actually gained a new perspective at what Shinji and
the others went through facing a live Angel face-to-face.

The
Angel opened its mouth, but before it could do anything, the side
wall exploded open as the purple horned head of Evangelion Unit 01
entered the room.

"SHINJI!"
Misato shouted in shock as the Eva grabbed the Angel and yanked hard,
pulling it back towards the Eva cages with him.

"That
was Shinji, wasn't it?" Maya asked as the Eva/Angel battle sent
shockwaves through all of the underground base.

"Has
to be. Nothing else could get that Eva moving." Misato finally
breathed.

"DAMN
YOU!" Shinji shouted as he grappled with the invading monster,
throwing it into the wall of the Eva cages as Gendo just watched with
unflinching eyes and face.

The
roar of the Eva was the last thing that Gendo heard as the Angel
suddenly forced Unit 01 back against the catwalk that Gendo was
standing on, leaving a fierce impression with him in it.

Shinji
knew none of this as he shifted his controls forward and pushed the
Angel back into Central Dogma. He kept pushing, trying to force the
Angel outside to fight him without getting Misato and the others
hurt. He was halfway outside the hole the Angel had made, when the
Angel retaliated and head butted the purple Eva back into the command
deck.

Unit
01 went flying backwards and crashed into the bridge. The impact was
forceful enough to send the group tumbling back to the ground.

However,
in the case of Maya Ibuki, the young computer tech went tumbling
forward, right off the bridge, and landing square on Unit 01's left
shoulder.

"AAAHHH!"
she screamed as she landed on it.

The
scream was enough for Shinji to notice.

"What?
Lieutenant Ibuki?"

The
Angel stepped back into Central Dogma and growled.

Shinji
reacted, drawing his Progressive Knife from his right shoulder pylon
and throwing it at the Angel's face.

The
blade slammed into the Angel's forehead, causing it to stumble
back.

Unfortunately,
it's core was nowhere near it's head.

It's
left paper arm lashed out and wrapped around Unit 01's outstretched
right arm, pulling it up from the bridge and easing it to the large
hole.

Fortunately,
Shinji hadn't forgot about Maya.

He
pressed the emergency release button inside his entry plug and popped
it open.

Granted
that this is a very dangerous thing to do in the middle of a battle,
just like with the 4th Angel, but unlike that time, Shinji
acted on his own.

Since
he couldn't grab Maya and put her down safely, he popped the entry
plug and shouted, "Maya, get in now!"

The
frightened lieutenant somehow found the strength to move her muscles
and practically leaped into the white entry plug.

Her
first thought, however, was on the LCL.

Oh,
god! It smells like blood! She thought as the door to the plug
closed behind her. Is this what Shinji and the others have to
endure every time they pilot? And do synch tests? It's everywhere!
How do they stand the smell?

However,
her companion's voice made her snap back to reality.

"Lt.
Ibuki, are you alright?"

"Uh..yeah,
Shinji. I--I'm fine." she said, suddenly feeling as if she was
going to throw up.

"Just
breath normally. You'll get used to it." he said as he went back
to piloting.

Maya
settled behind Shinji as the display activated and showed the Angel
pulling the Prog Knife out of it's forehead with it's other arm
before lashing it to wrap around Shinji's neck.

It
yanked hard and tossed Shinji across the Geofront, landing him next
to the lake.

Shinji
moved the controls again and got to his feet. The Angel yanked again
and threw him and his passenger into the pyramid of the Geofront.

It
recoiled it's arms and then attacked once again, sending them to
slice at Unit 01's arms.

Shinji
threw out his hand to stop the razor like paper arms, the Angel's
weapon slicing through the Eva's armor and severing it.

"ARGH!"
Shinji and Maya shouted, both feeling the pain for Unit 01's arm
being cut off.

Maya
was curled up in a ball behind Shinji, holding her arm in pain.
Shinji, however, was used to such pain and shrugged it off. Suddenly,
the systems went dead. The cockpit went black, but the Eva was still
moving.

Shinji
vaguely remembered the last time this had happened.

Berserker.

A
blood-curdling roar sounded throughout the Geofront as Eva grabbed
the Angel's paper-like arms with his other hand, yanked hard on it,
pulling the Angel flush against him. It grabbed as much of the
Angel's offending arm as it could and pulled hard as it placed his
foot against the Angel's chest and pushed off with it. The Angel
went flying, its arm staying with Unit 01.

Eva
placed the Angel's arm where it's severed one was. Immediately
the paper arms took shape, warping and twisting until it had
effectively become it's new arm.

Eva
roared again as it leaped from its sitting position and jumped on the
Angel. It forced the enemy down and started beating it with it's
fists. When it was sure the Angel was stunned, the Eva opened it's
jaw and dove into the creature.

Those
who were watching the Eva 'feed' on the Angel lost their lunch.
Only Misato and Ritsuko were able to hold their stomachs.

The
events that followed were little more than clean up, after Unit 01
lapsed back into normal mode. The only problem was...Shinji and Maya
were gone.

"What
do you mean they're gone?" Misato nearly screamed.

"Just
what I said. Unit 01 achieved 400 synch ratio when it at the Angel's
S2 Engine. As a result, both Shinji and Maya have...well let me show
you." Ritsuko said as she punched up the internal camera for Unit
01's entry plug.

What
Misato saw frightened her. Shinji and Maya were gone, but his plug
suit and her uniform were still there, floating in the LCL.

"Where
are they?" Misato asked.

"If
I'm right, and I'm sure I am...they're still in the entry plug.
The high synch ratio has somehow transformed them both into LCL,
that's why we can't see them."

"They've
Become LCL?" she asked incredulously.

"Unfortunately."

"Can
you turn them back?"

Ritsuko
paused, lowering her head as she became deep in thought. She lifted
her head and looked at Misato.

"Maybe."

"Maybe?"

"Yes.
Maybe."

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

It
had been thirty days since Shinji and Maya had been absorbed into
Unit 01. NERV had done everything it could to try and re-materialize
the pair.

It
had been a tense month. Their best pilot was trapped inside his own
machine with one of their top computer techs. If an Angel were to
attack now, their chance of success in defeating it was slim. Asuka's
performances had been less than inspiring, and Rei wasn't much
better.

Not
like Shinji.

Ritsuko
and her team had been working double almost triple shifts trying to
get back the pair.

Their
final attempt had failed, and all they got was Shinji's blue and
white plugsuit and Maya's uniform. While Ritsuko was upset, Misato
was furious.

"WHAT
GOOD IS ALL YOUR SCIENCE IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME BACK MY FAMILY!"
she screamed as she turned back to Eva-01. "GIVE ME BACK MY
SHINJI!"

She
started crying into the plugsuit as Eva suddenly started gurgling. A
sound that almost resembled an upset stomach emanated from the
biomechanical weapon, as behind her, two bodies were almost literally
flushed out.

Misato
turned around to see a buck-naked Shinji Ikari and Maya Ibuki lying
on the cold walkway next to her. Everyone, from the additional
computer techs to Gendo Ikari himself was shocked. They were both
naked and unconscious, and practically wrapped in each others arms.
Their lower regions were not touching, but their arms and legs were
intertwined.

Misato's
sadness melted away as she saw that Shinji was returned, and replaced
with jealously at the nearly intimate embrace the young female tech
had the pilot in.

This
is my second Shinji/Maya story, which will definitely have a second
chapter later in the future.

Also,
if you couldn't tell from the summery, Shinji will get Maya
pregnant in an unusual way. Care to guess HOW that's going to
happen?

Furthermore,
I'm sorry if this seems a little rushed. I was up all night and I'm
trying to get this written before I pass out.

Read
and Review.

Merry
Christmas.

And
now...

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

OMAKE!

"SIR!
Situation is critical!" Maya Ibuki shouted. "Unit 00 has lost
both arms and it's right leg is damaged! Unit 02 has sever head
trauma and the pilot is unconscious! Unit 01 is still standing but
it's got half it's stomach blown out! And the Angel is still
advancing!"

Gendo
Ikari looked like he always did. Grim.

"We
need another pilot." he said.

"But
Toji is still in the hospital. He's worse than Rei was when she got
injured. He can't pilot!" Misato Katsuragi shouted.

"Unit
03 is waiting in the launch bay. It's been upgraded and shielded
against any possible Angel influence. We just need a pilot."
Ritsuko Akagi said.

Just
then, the doors to the command center opened up. Standing in the
doorway, was their savior. Dressed in a black and white plugsuit, he
stood ready to do his job. The bridge crew looked on in awe as they
noticed the determined glint in his eyes.